Friday 16 September 2011

Project Management Software

1. Describe how Microsoft Project is used as a shedualing and project managemant tool?


Microsoft Project is basically a software program that is primarily used for project management of a project, the software allows the project manger to be able create a plan, mange finances, tracking processes etc. Microsoft Project can be used as a scheduling tool when embarking onto a project, this is because it can offer tools that allow the user to schedule their projects. This can be done by the users setting up the preferred options they wish to have such as start and finish times, duration, once this has been done the user can input the different tasks they want to do during the project. Once this has done the software can make the schedule visual by converting the data into a Gantt Chart. Also the Microsoft Project can be used as a project management tool, this is because it can allow the users to plan, organize and mange resources to achieve their goal. For instance in the software Gantt Charts and Critical Paths can be created to organised and mange the resources and activities in the projects.


2. Select and describe one other piece of project planning software


Apart from Microsoft Project there are many other project management software available for use on projects. One other project management software is Wrike, Wrike is a web based project management tool similar to Microsoft Project that allows its users to mange and schedule their projects. Users are able to create visual diagrams such as Gantt Charts to mange and schedule projects.